Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. (OTCQB: LEAI) (www.legacyeducationalliance.com),
a leading international provider of practical, high-quality, and
value-based educational training on the topics of personal finance,
entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial instruments investing,
appointed Peter W. Harper as an independent director of its Board
effective December 1, 2015. Mr. Harper was also appointed as chairman of
the Audit Committee.
Mr. Harper has more than 30 years of public, private-equity backed and
global company experience in the retail, insurance, electronic
manufacturing and consumer products industries. He is currently the
President and Chief Financial Officer at Twin-Star International, a Home
Furnishings Company. Prior to joining Twin-Star in 2013, Harper served
as CFO at Scottsdale Insurance from 2005 to 2012 and Suntron Corporation
from 2000 to 2005. Prior to that he had senior finance positions at
Iomega Corporation and General Electric. Harper received a BS from San
Jose State University in 1983.
About Legacy Education Alliance, Inc.
Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. (http://www.legacyeducationalliance.com)
is a leading international provider of practical, high-quality, and
value-based educational training on the topics of personal finance,
entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial instruments investing.
Legacy Education Alliance was founded in 1996, and through a reverse
merger, became a publicly-held company in November 2014. Today we are a
global company with approximately 200 employees that has cumulatively
served more than two million students from more than 150 countries and
territories over the course of our operating history. We manage our
business in four segments based on geographic location. These segments
include our historical core markets of the United States, Canada, and
the United Kingdom, with the fourth segment including all other
international markets.
We offer our training through a variety of brands including Rich Dad®
Education, Brick Buy Brick™; The Independent Woman™; Women in Wealth™;
Robbie Fowler’s Property Academy™; Making Money From Property With
Martin Roberts™; and Trade Up Investor Education™. For more information,
visit our website at www.legacyeducationalliance.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") (which Sections were adopted as part of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Statements preceded by,
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generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. These
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any
anticipated results, performance or achievements. The Company disclaims
any intention to, and undertakes no obligation to, revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, a
future event, or otherwise. For additional risks and uncertainties that
could impact the Company’s forward-looking statements, please see the
Company’s Form 10-K, filed on March 27, 2015, including but not limited
to the discussion under “Risk Factors” therein, which the Company has
filed with the SEC and which may be viewed at http://www.sec.gov.
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